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This volume brings together, for the first time, several of Professor Habib's essays, representing three decades of scholarship and providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history from the standpoint of Marxist historiography.



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Preface; Acknowledgements; Problems of Marxist Historiography; Marx's Perception of India; The Social Distribution of Landed Property in Pre-British India: A Historical Survey; The Peasant in Indian History; Caste in Indian History; Potentialities of Capitalistic Development in the Economy of Mughal India; Processes of Accumulation in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India; Colonization of the Indian Economy 1757-1900; Studying a Colonial Economy - Without Perceiving Colonialism; The Economic History of Medieval India: A Survey

Essays in Indian History: Towards a Marxist

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      Publisher: Anthem Press
      Publication Date: 01/04/2002
      ISBN13: 9781843310259, 978-1843310259
      ISBN10: 1843310252

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This volume brings together, for the first time, several of Professor Habib's essays, representing three decades of scholarship and providing an insightful interpretation of the main currents in Indian history from the standpoint of Marxist historiography.



      Table of Contents

      Preface; Acknowledgements; Problems of Marxist Historiography; Marx's Perception of India; The Social Distribution of Landed Property in Pre-British India: A Historical Survey; The Peasant in Indian History; Caste in Indian History; Potentialities of Capitalistic Development in the Economy of Mughal India; Processes of Accumulation in Pre-Colonial and Colonial India; Colonization of the Indian Economy 1757-1900; Studying a Colonial Economy - Without Perceiving Colonialism; The Economic History of Medieval India: A Survey

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